Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos. A nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II. On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village-and a hub of resistance an ...Show more
Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Athena Liu is a literary darling. Juniper Hayward is literally nobody. When Athena dies in a freak accident, Juniper steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name June Song. But as evidence threatens Juniper's stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she ...Show more
Greek Lessons by Han Kang
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian, In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woma ...Show more
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love - a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both. Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings. Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he c ...Show more
But the Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei YU
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a campus novel set off campus, and a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your family behind I used to have this line I saved and brought out for grant applications and writers festivals - that having been Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina and Esther Greenwo ...Show more
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love in the face of the horrors of war, for fans of Pachinko and All the Light We Cannot See. 'I'll never forget this book' JESSAMINE C ...Show more
Baumgartner by Paul Auster
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Baumgartner's life has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna. But now Anna is gone, and Baumgartner is embarking on his seventies whilst trying to live with her absence. Rich with compassion, wit and Auster's keen eye for beauty in the smallest, most transient episodes of ordinary l ...Show more
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopa ...Show more
The Little French Village of Book Lovers (PB) by Nina George
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Monsieur Perdu returns in this new novel from the international bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop. Returning to Jean Perdu's beautiful barge on the Seine, his Literary Apothercary, where he's spent many years prescribing just the right book to his customers we now come to discover the nov ...Show more
Notes on Her Colour by Jennifer Neal
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A coming-of-age story from an American-Australian, with a speculative premise, but very much grounded in the reality of being a person of colour living in North America. 'It wasn't long before my wet and sticky fascination with life beyond the walls of our home could be read all over my face like soot' ...Show more
The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense. With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is ...Show more
One Day: Now a major Netflix series by David Nicholls
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring ANNE HATHAWAY and JIM STURGESS It's 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day--July 15th--of ...Show more